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Looking Back
January 2006 by Staff
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.Searching for a Paying Hardrock Deposit

Ask The Experts—What is a "closed" claim?
Q: I’ve been using a computer program that lists both active and closed mining claims. Can you tell me the definition of a closed claim and why they would be shown?
Prepping For A New Season of Gold Hunting
This article will hopefully provide a few constructive hints on how to use your downtime during the cold winter and the wet spring to best prepare for the upcoming nugget-hunting season.
Resolution Copper Project To Be Reviewed By Year-End
If approved, the project would use block caving to extract the remaining ore, most of which is 7,000 feet below ground level.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
The Yukon-Klondike Goldfields—Part I

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